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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the launch of the Belmont Park Membership Program, a new hospitality offering that will be available to fans when the new Belmont Park opens later this year. Created to provide guests with an elevated race day experience, a Belmont Park membership combines the traditional atmosphere of […]
The severe winter conditions resulting from Winter Storm Fern, with cold temperatures pushing temperatures into the single digits in some parts of the United States, are still causing live racing cancellations across the eastern United States from Kentucky to the Northeast. Oaklawn Park announced on January 27 the cancellation of its January 30-February 1 racing […]
Eleven of the most memorable, large-scale and momentous events from thoroughbred racing in North America last year have been nominated for the 2025 FanDuel Racing NTRA Moment of the Year, an award determined by fan votes and recognized at the annual Eclipse Awards. Voting is available on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association website, NTRA.comand via […]
As Thoroughbred racing enters a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past twelve months and applying those lessons to a new year. With 2026 just around the corner, BloodHorse has repeated its year-end online survey to ask some of the sport’s leading figures for their views on relevant issues facing […]
As Thoroughbred racing enters a new year, it faces the inevitable challenge of learning from the past twelve months and applying those lessons to a new year. With 2026 just around the corner, BloodHorse has repeated its year-end online survey to ask some of the sport’s leading figures for their views on relevant issues facing […]
During a December 9 panel at the Global Symposium on Racing, David O’Rourke, president and CEO of the New York Racing Association, revealed an upcoming shift in how NYRA will administer computer-assisted betting. Starting next month, the operator plans to limit CAW play across multiple betting pools to post-post for one minute, limiting these high-volume […]
Marc Holliday is undoubtedly the Man of the Times for the New York Racing Association. During a pivotal period in NYRA’s history, when NYRA’s long-term future is shaped by the building of a new business Belmont Parkthe nonprofit couldn’t have a better person to chair its board of directors than an industry leader in the […]
The New York Racing Association was forced to cancel the final eight races of the nine-race card on November 30 Aqueduct racecourse due to a protest by the jockeys, resulting in their refusal to ride. After Race 1, the jockeys expressed concerns about the duties of the NYRA scale attendant and assistant scale attendant. Despite […]
